The other day I had one of these "I'm simply too old for IKEA"-conversations. Indeed, if you're lucky, having reached your midthirties has put you in a financially better place than when you where in your early twenties. But does that mean IKEA's world is furniture non grata from now on? I don't see it that way at all - I'm showing you a few pictures of the VITTSJÖ series that look absolutely stylish as they are - meaning unhacked - and don't have to only work as a compromise:

And à propos too old for IKEA: as soon as the glass-door cabinet BJÖRKSNÄS (link here), which is already available in Sweden, comes to Swiss stores, I'll be the first to get one. Obviously I'll have to work on this one, mainly with chalk paint, but I can already see my wildest cabinet phantasies finally come true! Here are some of my all time favorite inspirations: